Get to Know the ‘Uninsurables’: Idea File

January 1, 2019 by
Allison Bell

Obesity and related health problems are knocking many people out of the easily insured population.

Program designers at Swiss Re think those conflicting trends could create an opportunity.

“We’re trying to open up the risk pools to people with mild chronic conditions,” JJ Carroll, head of Swiss Re’s new solutions group strategy development and research, said in a recent interview. “We’re hoping to start small.”